The Supreme Court added two cases to its 2026-27 docket on Monday, agreeing to review a challenge to admissions at Maryland's selective public magnet schools and a dispute over the federal ban on home distilleries. The court also denied review in several high-profile matters, including appeals related to plea deals for men accused of plotting the 9/11 attacks.
The magnet school case questions the process used by a Maryland county to determine admissions to its highly selective programs. The home distillery case raises constitutional questions about the federal prohibition on producing spirits at home. Both cases will be argued in the upcoming term.
Separately, the court faces pending applications, including a request to pause an agreement between Texas and the Justice Department over a Biden-era immigration rule, and a Trump administration bid to enforce a new Bureau of Prisons policy on transgender inmate healthcare. The court's decision on the latter could come at any time.